The World Internet of Things Convention, or WIOTC, is an IoT-digital-economy international organization that is innovative and nonprofit (hereinafter referred to “the organization”). It is also a nongovernmental organization included in the registry database of the United Nations ECOSOC. The name of the organization is also the name of our leading annual conference with high-end and cutting-edge brand - WIOTC as an international event. The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres sent messages to the World Internet of Things Convention several times (UN’s official website also released the Secretary-General’s messages).

Founded in 2015, the organization consists of main bodies of the Presidium, the Executive Committee, the General Secretariat and the Advisory Committee. In addition, it has also established directed affiliated institutions including New Digital Economic Development Committee, WIOTC Organizing Committee, Standard Working Organization Committee, Ranking List Working Committee, World Internet of Things Research Institute and Internet of Things Innovation Alliance as well as specific commissions on industry, agriculture, energy, logistics, culture and tourism, healthcare, smart city, smart life, artificial intelligence, aerospace, transportation and auto intelligence, finance and insurance, etc. Meanwhile, WIOTC has 20 plus branches in France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Malaysia and other countries as well as two supporting corporate platforms Smarter Planet IoT Group Inc. and IoT Century and Convention and Exhibition Co., Ltd. The organization serves the purpose of “BUILDING A SMART WORLD WHERE ALL THINGS ARE INTERCONNECTED”. The central goals including promoting the development of the intelligently interconnected digital economy and society under UN framework and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations. Our important tasks are centered on establishing and formulating the international convention and universally accepted standards, supporting the building of the intelligently interconnected global market of digital economy, bridging the digital divide and benefiting the world people in terms of smart life and work.

Having organized and convened the annual conventions for 9 years in a row and nearly 300 international forums and summit sessions, the organization has boasted of thousands of onsite guests and millions of online viewers for every annual event. Currently, the organization has forged good relationship with government agencies and enterprises from more than 100 countries, gathered the relational resources of over 30 IoT associations, scientific and technological research institutions and standard organizations in the world and pooled the product and technology resources and capitals from tens of thousands of leading IoT and technological enterprises represented by those ranking on the WIOTRL Top 500.

We have published the Beijing Declaration on the World IoT and World Internet of Things White Paper as well as the White Paper on the Intelligently Interconnected Digital Economy, launched the Initiative ‘Build the Intelligently Interconnected Global Market of Digital Economy’, established the “World Internet of Things Ranking List Top 500” and the “World IoT Awards”. At the same time, WIOTC has also introduced the new concept, new cognition and new definition for the first time “IoT represents the wisdom revolution and created the advanced digital economy model and top-level architecture - “visualized real-time tracking and tracing plus commercial customization” (nominated by the WSIS Prizes). It has attracted and won the recognition and participation of the following participants: UN Secretary-General and UN agencies such as UNESCO, UNIDO and ITU; EU, ASEAN and LAS, as well as government agencies and embassies in China from over 100 countries; famous international organizations including ISO, IEC, IEEE, ETSI, WFEO; and tens of thousands of technological and digital companies. Tens of hundreds of media including Bloomberg, PR Newswire, Europa Press, DPA, World News, TV BRICS, CCTV, CGTN, Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, China Daily, Phoenix TV, Chinese Academy of Engineering and other media and think tanks reported our events and included the news about us in their websites and publications.

The organization is shaping a batch of model and demonstration enterprises (the model will be expanded to model city and country) committed to developing the digital economy that is intelligently interconnected. The initiative aims to explore ways for demonstration – oriented digital economy and serve as reference for the strategic development of related enterprises and governments; we work with them to build the intelligently interconnected global market of digital economy. The organization is opening its membership of Presidium to all government agencies for equal participation so that we work together to formulate the international “convention” on the global interconnection of everything on a negotiable basis; expanding member circle by inviting enterprises to join our global specialized commissions focusing on IoT and digital economy (industry, agriculture, energy, transportation and auto intelligence, healthcare, smart life, smart city, logistics, AI, finance, etc.) in order to support our member enterprises in developing and enlarging the ecological market of global industrial and supply chains and products market while establishing and implementing the general standards applicable to groups specialized in IoT and digital economy; selecting global partners to create the first new type of IoT demonstration base in the world and build the IoT new economic model for the reference of the world; and working with governments from all over the world to cohost WIOTC’s annual conferences and international forums and summit sessions.

We welcome you to join us together for the innovative development of world economy and society, for the benefits of the world people in terms of smart life and for the new era of wisdom revolution.

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Attachment: Screenshot of recognized registry by the NGO Branch of ECOSOC

WIOTC Organizational Structure